A workshop to develop material for 'A Cut Up Cabaret'
Exeter Custom House, Exeter, EX2 4AN
Saturday 30th May 2026
Art Work Exeter are inviting people from the Exeter community to take part in A Cut Up Cabaret, taking place on the evening of Saturday 27th June as part of The Considerate Society - Art Work Exeter's final project of their residency as Cultural Partners at Exeter Custom House. Find out more here.
Would you like to take part but don't know where to start?
A Cut Up Cabaret event is being put together by Stephen Hodge, Matt Fletcher and Gosia Zając who are running a workshop on Saturday 30th May to develop material for short performance moments that will happen on the evening.
No prior experience is required. Just bring a playful attitude.
We would love to work with people who speak languages other than English as well as people who don't. Everyone is welcome. We can fit around 12-15 people in the workshop.
What to expect at the workshop
The workshop will run in two sessions 10.30am-1pm and 2pm-4.30pm. We would love people to stay for the whole day, but if you can only come for half of the day, please come in the morning.
Drawing inspiration from Zurich Dada's Cabaret Voltaire and Kraków’s Zielony Balonik (Green Balloon), we will plunder, break apart and reconfigure found texts relating to the Custom House and Exeter's historic trade. We'll exchange stories of our hometowns and countries. Make cut up poems. Explore tongue-twisters in different lingos. Build brand new languages. By the end of the day, we'll have made a number of individual and collective contributions that will form the backbone of June's A Cut Up Cabaret.
We will provide tea, coffee and biscuits. If you are staying for the whole day please bring lunch with you.
We will also be holding a 'rehearsal' moment on the day of the event for anyone that would like it.
Would you like to take part but don't know where to start?
A Cut Up Cabaret event is being put together by Stephen Hodge, Matt Fletcher and Gosia Zając who are running a workshop on Saturday 30th May to develop material for short performance moments that will happen on the evening.
No prior experience is required. Just bring a playful attitude.
We would love to work with people who speak languages other than English as well as people who don't. Everyone is welcome. We can fit around 12-15 people in the workshop.
What to expect at the workshop
The workshop will run in two sessions 10.30am-1pm and 2pm-4.30pm. We would love people to stay for the whole day, but if you can only come for half of the day, please come in the morning.
Drawing inspiration from Zurich Dada's Cabaret Voltaire and Kraków’s Zielony Balonik (Green Balloon), we will plunder, break apart and reconfigure found texts relating to the Custom House and Exeter's historic trade. We'll exchange stories of our hometowns and countries. Make cut up poems. Explore tongue-twisters in different lingos. Build brand new languages. By the end of the day, we'll have made a number of individual and collective contributions that will form the backbone of June's A Cut Up Cabaret.
We will provide tea, coffee and biscuits. If you are staying for the whole day please bring lunch with you.
We will also be holding a 'rehearsal' moment on the day of the event for anyone that would like it.
